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Thanks for all the positive comments on the site. One never knows how one’s readers will react to site changes, but you lot have been all kindness and delight. I am a lucky little blogger, yes I am.

I’m beginning to cultivate a real appreciation for a well-written knitting pattern. The pattern I’m currently working on makes a lot of assumptions that nascent knitters, like me, need all sorts of help with. For example, I knitted most of the front of the vest without much ado, but as soon as I got to the armhole shaping, I was confronted with this:

I can cast off just fine, and I’ve read enough how-to-read-a-knitting-pattern books and guides to get all the abbreviations, but what had me stumped was this: what do I do with the rest of the row once I’ve bound off the required 5 stitches? Seems obvious enough to the experienced knitter (i.e.: you continue the pattern, just bind off 5 stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows), but I struggled with this blatant assumption until my grandma, uber-knitting-mentor, and the superlative local knitting group, intervened and provided all necessary clarification. No one appreciates the social dependance of the craft more than I!

And finally, I signed up for Secret Pal 2 yesterday. 2 of my favourite things rolled into one delicious treat: yarn and the postal service. It’s win-win, folks. You should sign up too.